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John J King II
- Jan 28, 2014
- 1 min
Wild Cape Cod Notebook: Winter-Barrier Beaches #3
This is the third post highlighting our walks on the barrier beaches on the Cape in the month of January. Still in search of up close and impressive images of the Snowy Owl visitors we venture onto Harding's Beach in Chatham in the late afternoon to investigate. As those who follow this blog know even if your prime objective is elusive there is always something interesting to observe....always. Cutting to the chase - we did not find the owl this day but other visitors caught
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John J King II
- Mar 25, 2013
- 3 min
Dominica Journal: The Sperm Whale Project
Our main objective in coming to Dominica was to observe sperm whales in the wild with the benefit and guidance of local researchers and guides. Because of its is unique Caribbean geography (and bathymetry) Dominica is one of the few places on Planet Earth that you can observe sperm whales in an ocean environment near land and in relatively protected and calm warm water. For much of the last decade researchers under the direction of Shane Gero and Hal Whitehead have been study
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John J King II
- Mar 24, 2013
- 1 min
Dominica Journal: Rainforest Paradise
Our journey to Dominica, the Nature Island proved to be everything and more than we could have hoped for. The island is, in jest, referred to "as the one island in the Caribbean that Christopher Columbus would recognize if he returned to the area". It is a beautiful forested mountainous paradise that rockets in several peaks out of the sea to as high as 4700 feet on one peak. Because of its severe geography and the lack of a proper protected port it has been relatively left
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John J King II
- Feb 24, 2013
- 1 min
Dominica Expedition
In the final stages of packing for another expedition into warm waters in search of the largest predator on planet earth - the Sperm Whale. The stuff of legends especially well known to the New England whalers of our Cape Cod and the Islands region, these incredible creatures boast the largest brain on the planet too. If you watch the attached link you will learn a bit about where we are going and why. Dominica, in the Antilles, is one of the preferred locations for Atlantic
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